The Amazing
Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man (ASM ) would prefer if you didn't call it the fourth Spider-Man movie. This isn't the Spider-Man your older brother knew from ten years ago — it's a reboot. We're first introduced to Peter Parker as a young boy, watching as his parents rush out of the house in response to a hidden danger. Mr. and Mrs. Parker leave their son in the care of his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, who raise him into Andrew Garfield's geeky cool spin on the character. Parker's life's woes are put on hold when the teen discovers a new clue in the mystery behind his parents' disappearance. The discovery of his dad's old briefcase and notes leads Peter to Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), a scientist working for mega-conglomerate Oscorp and his dad's old partner. When they cross paths, Connors instantly takes a liking to the genius, and loops him into the work he started with his father: replicating the regeneration abilities of lizards in amputee humans (Connors is driven to reform his own missing arm). But when Parker wanders into Oscorp's room full of spiders, he receives his legendary spider bite that transforms him into the hero we know. The Amazing Spider-Man desperately wants to disconnect from the original trilogy, but it's trapped in an inescapable shadow and does nothing radical to shake things up.